Transcriber’s Notes:
Copyright notice provided as in the original printed text—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication.
Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected.
Archaic and variable spelling is preserved.
Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.
The author’s em-dash style have been retained.
Inconsistencies in formatting and punctuation of individual advertisements have been retained.